Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Metals and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.52% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 4.10% or 94.10 points to trade at 2388.50 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 3.75% or 4.45 points to end at 123.10 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 3.35% or 4.75 points to 146.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which lost 3.24% or 24.60 points to trade at 734.40 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 1.48% or 14.15 points to end at 941.10 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) shed 1.23% or 34.35 points to 2766.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 4.12% to 2388.25, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 2.59% to settle at 2017.85 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 1.27% to close at 1443.20.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.18% to 2766.20 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.17% to settle at 658.30 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 0.85% to 1575.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 868 to 816 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1620 rose and 1417 declined, while 131 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.12% to 14.5425 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 3.50 to $1815.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.34% or 0.24 to hit $70.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.45 to trade at $73.48 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 73.027, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 86.6940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.237.